Red Wings coach Mike Babcock's official "day" of charitable activities to support the Children's Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan begins while the second day's worth of "Mike Babcock Day" festivities get underway in Saskatoon this morning.

On Friday, Babcock held a Q and A with former Red Wings coach/advisor Scotty Bowman in tow, and when Babcock reflected upon his greatest coaching achievements, he told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix's Jordan Hartshorn that his proudest coaching achievement, Stanley Cups aside, involved winning his his first championship:

July 17, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix: Today during Mike Babcock Day in Saskatoon, the current Detroit Red
Wings bench boss -- who grew up in the city -- will be informally
inducted as the first coach in the "triple gold club," having coached
Canada to an Olympic gold medal in 2010, top-spot at the world
championships in 2004 as well as a Stanley Cup victory with the Red
Wings in 2008. He's also coached Canada to world junior gold in 1997.

Few coaches can boast such a diverse portfolio. Yet this may
not have happened If he hadn't led the Lethbridge Pronghorns to the
national university championship in 1994, shortly after being fired by
the WHL's Moose Jaw Warriors.

"Obviously winning the Stanley Cup
is something I'll always remeber and the Olympics were a thrill of a
lifetime," said Babcock. "But for me what always stands out in my mind
is winning the first championship at the University of Lethbridge.
Coaching is like anything in life -- it's about earning the right to
feel good about yourself and confident so you can take another step. When
you win championships that gives you the confidence to go on and do it
again."